GPiper
November 6th 2003, 07:27 AM
Life sometimes has way to throwing us into a dry well in an effort to prevent us from being who we were created to be, Children of God. Here is something to think about everything God does or doesn’t do is not for today but for tomorrow. Here, in part is one such story.
They saw him (the coat of many color Joseph) in the distance, and before he reached them they made a plot to kill him. “Here comes that dreamer," they said to one another. "Come on, let us kill him now and throw him down one of the storage-wells; we can say that some wild animal has devoured him. - - - But Reuben heard, and he saved him from their clutches. "We must not take his life," he said. "Shed no blood," said Reuben to them, "throw him down that well out in the desert, but do not kill him yourselves", intending to save him from them and to restore him to his father. So, when Joseph reached his brothers, they pulled off his tunic, the decorated tunic which he was wearing, and catching hold of him, threw him into the well. The well was empty, with no water in it. They then sat down to eat. Looking up, they saw a group of Ishmaelites who were coming from Gilead - - - Then Judah said to his brothers, "What do we gain by killing our brother and covering up his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, then we shall not have laid hands on him ourselves. After all, he is our brother, and our own flesh." His brothers agreed.
{Genesis 37:18 - 37:27 NJB}
It would have been very easy for God to prevent Joseph’s dilemma but he choose not to because years later Joseph saved his family from extinction due to famines in his homeland. One thing you need to remember about God he’s still doing the things he did from dawn of creation! If life has thrown you in a “dry well” do not think for one second you’re alone! Like the ripples made by a stone thrown into smooth pond God’s love and compassion through Jesus will carry you to the shoreline where joy, hope, love and peace await your arrival. The Blessings are ours the when is His.
Grace & Patience,
Gary
Scripture Seed - Psalms 27:4 - 27:6 The one thing I want from God, the thing I seek most of all, is the privilege of meditating in his Temple, living in his presence every day of my life, delighting in his incomparable perfections and glory. There I'll be when troubles come. He will hide me. He will set me on a high rock out of reach of all my enemies.
They saw him (the coat of many color Joseph) in the distance, and before he reached them they made a plot to kill him. “Here comes that dreamer," they said to one another. "Come on, let us kill him now and throw him down one of the storage-wells; we can say that some wild animal has devoured him. - - - But Reuben heard, and he saved him from their clutches. "We must not take his life," he said. "Shed no blood," said Reuben to them, "throw him down that well out in the desert, but do not kill him yourselves", intending to save him from them and to restore him to his father. So, when Joseph reached his brothers, they pulled off his tunic, the decorated tunic which he was wearing, and catching hold of him, threw him into the well. The well was empty, with no water in it. They then sat down to eat. Looking up, they saw a group of Ishmaelites who were coming from Gilead - - - Then Judah said to his brothers, "What do we gain by killing our brother and covering up his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, then we shall not have laid hands on him ourselves. After all, he is our brother, and our own flesh." His brothers agreed.
{Genesis 37:18 - 37:27 NJB}
It would have been very easy for God to prevent Joseph’s dilemma but he choose not to because years later Joseph saved his family from extinction due to famines in his homeland. One thing you need to remember about God he’s still doing the things he did from dawn of creation! If life has thrown you in a “dry well” do not think for one second you’re alone! Like the ripples made by a stone thrown into smooth pond God’s love and compassion through Jesus will carry you to the shoreline where joy, hope, love and peace await your arrival. The Blessings are ours the when is His.
Grace & Patience,
Gary
Scripture Seed - Psalms 27:4 - 27:6 The one thing I want from God, the thing I seek most of all, is the privilege of meditating in his Temple, living in his presence every day of my life, delighting in his incomparable perfections and glory. There I'll be when troubles come. He will hide me. He will set me on a high rock out of reach of all my enemies.